MP Police is one of the first Police
organisation across states in India
to have separate Cyber Police
Department How did the department
go for it?
The Cyber cell of MP Police started
in the year 2000 as a part of state CID.
But it was felt that a cell is not enough
to meet the kind of crime explosion in
the cyber space in recent years. More
so , due to increase in use of electronic
gazettes and the transmigration of life of

almost one and all into cyber space. Our
living, profession and business all today
are dependent on the cyber space.,
but the cyber space is least Policed.
Realising this in the year 2008, state
government appointed an Inspector
General of Police as head of Cyber Cell.
In January 2009 an Independent State
Cyber Police Department was carved
out of State CID.

towards cyber crime. How did you
plan to tackle this issue?
We have created a dedicated website
for the public, www.mpcyberPolice.nic.
in so that young population is aware of
the dangers in the cyber space. One can
see sample cases and related information
on our website so that they are aware
of the dangers that exist in the cyber
space.

The awareness about cyber crime
and security is low, across states
including Madhya Pradesh. Don’t you
see it as biggest challenge? What is
your road map to tackle this issue?
Yes it is a big challenge. To bring
awareness we are involving the media,
conducting trainings, seminars for the
public and the Police personnel in this
regard.

Many times, perpetrators of cyber
crime are not the residents of state
and not even the country- sitting
in foreign land- where the Police
department does not have any
jurisdiction. How did you bring
perpetrators to justice?
Yes it is difficult. But there are
standard protocols to get these
people to justice. We issue red corner
notices and Letter Rogettory in
such cases, take the help of INTERPOL
and different embassies to solve such
cases.

Given the consideration that Police
is not a very technology savvy
department, please tell us how
competent is your team to tackle
issues in Cyber space?
Although
an
average
Police
personnel many not be as good as it
is expected, we have been able to get
fair bit of appreciation as far as cyber
crime is concerned. We have created
dedicated cyber Police cadre to tackle
more sophisticated crimes and we have
been fairly successful in this regard.
Young population is one of the most
vulnerable sections of the society

E-mails and Voice Over Internet
Protocol (VOIP) telephony is
being increasingly used for
communications by the non state
actors (terrorists). How did you plan
to tackle it?
We are aware of these dangers.
Today we have dedicated agencies to
monitor the cyber traffic and timely
intervention have saved us from many
mishappennings. However, this continues
to be a challenge.\\

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eGov-March-2010-[10]-Cyber Space is Least Policed-Rajendra Mishra

e-mails and voice Over internet Protocol (vOiP) telephony is being increasingly used for communications by the non state actors (terrorists). How did you plan to tackle it? We are aware of these dangers. Today we have dedicated agencies to monitor the cyber traffic and timely intervention have saved us from many mishappennings. However, this continues to be a challenge.\\ Young population is one of the most vulnerable sections of the society www.egovonline.net 10